Frickin' Elephant
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Frickin' Elephant
Jake is 5 and learning to read. He points at a picture in a zoo book and
says,"Look Mama! It's a frickin' Elephant!"
Deep breath ... "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama!
It says so on the picture!"
........and so it does ... " A f r i c a n Elephant "
Hooked on phonics!!! Ain't it wonderful?
says,"Look Mama! It's a frickin' Elephant!"
Deep breath ... "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama!
It says so on the picture!"
........and so it does ... " A f r i c a n Elephant "
Hooked on phonics!!! Ain't it wonderful?
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"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama!
It says so on the picture!"
........and so it does ... " A f r i c a n Elephant "
Hooked on phonics!!! Ain't it wonderful?
lol - what a great story
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Re: Frickin' Elephant
Rec!!VAdame wrote:Jake is 5 and learning to read. He points at a picture in a zoo book and
says,"Look Mama! It's a frickin' Elephant!"
Deep breath ... "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama!
It says so on the picture!"
........and so it does ... " A f r i c a n Elephant "
Hooked on phonics!!! Ain't it wonderful?
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
That'll be $10, please.
That'll be $10, please.
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Hee! When we were little kids, we used to go thru the phone book looking for funny names -- I'm keeping mum on whether we ever *called* any of themNellyLunatic1980 wrote:It's a relief that Jake wasn't looking at a picture of a fuchsia flower...
But anyhow, we ran across the name "Fuchs," which I believe is pronounced "Fyooks" (rhyming with "pukes" or "cukes.") But at that age, we couldn't imagine how one would pronounce such a word! The best we could come up with was "Fuches," sorta rhyming with "duchess."
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I used to work at a place that had a Dr. Fuchs. Which was really supposed to be pronounced the way you would think, not "Fyooks", but he gave up & pronounced it that way over in the US just because.
Nevertheless, we got our share of people who called with the 1st pronunciation, giggled, & hung up.
By the way, in German "V" is pronounced "F" so "Vicks" packages get a good laugh. "Cause that's the way they would say, uh, you-know. And, of course, "W" is pronounced "V", so "Volkswagon" is really "Folksvagon".
I think an "F" is an "F", though?
Nevertheless, we got our share of people who called with the 1st pronunciation, giggled, & hung up.
By the way, in German "V" is pronounced "F" so "Vicks" packages get a good laugh. "Cause that's the way they would say, uh, you-know. And, of course, "W" is pronounced "V", so "Volkswagon" is really "Folksvagon".
I think an "F" is an "F", though?
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I think an "F" is an "F", though?
Ja, es ist.
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Reminds me of a story my friend told me...
Some years back he was driving out in the middle of nowhere with his young son (preschool age) when he saw a bear cross the road. A very large bear, in fact. Or, as Bob exclaimed to himself when surprised by the critter: "Look at that big f ing bear!"
When they got home, Bob said to his boy "Tell Mom what we saw on the way home."
"A...BIG...F ING...BEAR!!!"
I believe Bob slept on the couch that night.
Some years back he was driving out in the middle of nowhere with his young son (preschool age) when he saw a bear cross the road. A very large bear, in fact. Or, as Bob exclaimed to himself when surprised by the critter: "Look at that big f ing bear!"
When they got home, Bob said to his boy "Tell Mom what we saw on the way home."
"A...BIG...F ING...BEAR!!!"
I believe Bob slept on the couch that night.
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